District 2 GSR Meeting Minutes
April 19, 2015
Meeting call to order:
Chairperson Trudy D. called the meeting to order at 2:00 pm, a moment of silence was observed, followed by the Serenity Prayer.
The 12 Traditions: Read by Phil B.
The 12 Concepts: Read by Bill P.
Interpretation of Concept 1 & 2: Read by Cathy M.
Interpretation of Concept 3 & 4: Will be read in April by Phil B.
7 th Tradition was observed
Group Report / Roll Call:
- Dave D., gave his GSR Report on behalf of the Cole Harbour Group. He indicated that their group is maintaining 1 meeting per week on Sunday nights at 8:00pm, they meet at the Iona Presbyterian Church
90 Lucien Drive and they have been averaging 30 - 35 people per meeting and has 30 members at this present time. The next group Birthdays for the Cole Harbour group are held on the first Sunday of each month and the next scheduled group birthdays for May 3, 2015, with Foster L celebrating 37 years,
Sandy 25 years and Sandy with 1 year of sobriety.
- Phil B GSR of the Sunrise Group gave a report on behalf of his Group, he indicated that their group is maintaining 1 meeting per week on Tuesday nights at 8:30pm at the Woodlawn United Church. Sunrise group has 50 members at the present time. The attendance has been down to 30-40 people recently, due to winter weather. The Sunrise Group celebrate their Group Birthdays on the last Tuesday of every month and the next group Birthdays for the group are scheduled for April 28 , 2015, with Aletta celebrating 20 years, Garth 29 years and Tanya with 4 years of sobriety. Phil said that the group was doing well financially, and have money to move up the line.
- Cathy M. of the Downtown Dartmouth Group and District 2 Alternate DCM. Cathy said that Rod M. will be continuing on as the DDG’s GSR. The DDG has two vacant services position open nomination. She indicated that their group is maintaining 4 meetings per week with meetings held on Monday night at
8:00pm, Tuesday night at 7:30pm, Friday night at 8:00pm and Sunday morning at 11:00am. The Sunday morning and Friday night meetings offer a beginners meeting in the front room. The DDG is averaging 10
– 80 people per meeting and has 70 members at this present time. The DDG celebrate their group birthdays on the last Monday of each month and the next group birthdays are scheduled for April 27,
2015, with Kevin L celebrating 23 years, Corey 2 years and Adrian 1 year of sobriety.
- Bill P. - Member of the Sunday Night Serenity Group and Public Information Committee Co-Chair.
- Fred D. – Member of the St. Margaret’s Bay Group and District 1 DCM.
- Carol-Anne D. - Member of the Back to Basics Groups and Corrections Co-Chair.
- Foster L. - Member of the Cole Harbour Group and Central Service Chair.

- Merv S. – Alt GSR of the Sunrise Group.
- Rick H. - Member of the DDG and District 2 Secretary.
- Trudy D. - DCM District 2 and member of the Cole Harbour Group.
Treasurers Report: Treasurer Phil B presented the District 2 Financial report for March 2015, in opening, he stated that all 4 signing authorities are now in place at the bank and that the new cheques have been ordered. The report showed an opening balance of $ 1,665.00 with a credit of $ 663.00 and the monthly expenses for the month were $ 4.00. The March 31, 2015 closing bank balance is $ 2,324.00.
Trudy made a motion to have the Treasurers report accepted, Dave accepted the motion and all were in favor, the report was accepted.
Secretary Report: The new district 2 Secretary’s email account has been set up and is now up and running, district 2 committees service reports can now be emailed to the secretary via the secretary email at secretarydist2.aahalifax@gmail.com
. Thank you to those who have already started sending their reports to the district 2 secretary email. Yours in Service Rick H.
Trudy made a motion to have the Secretary report accepted, Carol-Anne accepted the motion, all were in favor and the report was accepted.
Corrections Report: Meetings are going well on both sides of the prison. A couple of the female inmates will be released next week and have expressed interest in attending meetings on the outside. We've put together a couple of beginner packages which will be given to them on the
22nd. We would like to do this for all inmates being released that express interest in the program outside of prison. Carol Anne and I have been looking into the bridge the gap program but at this point it is nothing more than information gathering. Regards, Racquel R.
Trudy made a motion to have the Corrections report accepted as is, the motion was accepted by Cathy, all were in favor and the report was accepted.
CPC Report: No Report.
PI Report: The Committee met on April 3, 2015. Members of the Committee will be making a presentation on A.A. on April 22 nd & 23 rd to the 811 Health Information Help Line. The Committee discussed the presentation based on AA pamphlets and workbook. The Committee has maintained contact with the Chair of the CPC Committee. The Committee has maintained contact with the Chair of the CPC Committee. Our ACDM Fred will participate on a panel at the invitation of the John Howard
Society. The PI Committee will proceed to order the Address Stamps for AA literature. The Committee received a request from a Naturopath for AA literature for the waiting room. The Committee will proceed on this. A survey of libraries has shown that most have the Big Book. The Committee will proceed with the exceptions. The prior Chair of the Committee is to be lauded for the thoroughness of this work. The contacts with TV and Radio is proceeding. The task is proving more difficult than expected. It will be subject of our next meeting as to how we should proceed. The Bus signs remain underway. We still have to meet with Halifax Transit to work out the details. Our next meeting is scheduled for May 7 at 24 Connolly Road. We expect at that time to enlarge our committee by another four members. In Service, Jamie Q
Trudy made a motion to have the PI report accepted, Bill P. accepted the motion, all were in favor and the report was accepted.

Treatment Report: Forensics: Co-chair Bruce B has taken on the task resurrecting this meeting. We are in limbo currently as we are waiting to hear from the facility directors LeAnn Nixon and Angela Conrad as to when we can meet. They are very interested in resurrecting the AA meetings but currently are very busy with other more immediate institutional concerns. Detox: The meetings have been going smoothly.
The AA participants involved in putting on the exclusive Thursday night meetings at the Dartmouth
Detox have been informed that all of the rotating AA groups who put on Sunday meetings will now be participating in the Thursday meeting schedule. Anyone who wishes to attend a Dartmouth Detox meeting will need to do so through their home groups scheduled nights or by contacting the Treatment
Facility Chair or co-chair. The new 2 nights a week detox schedule will be posted on the website in time for the May newsletter. Any group that cannot make a Thursday night (or Sunday night) meeting need only contact Bruce B or myself and we will ensure the meeting takes place. We are developing a list of people we can contact in the event of a group not being able to host a meeting. Bruce and I are very easy to get a hold of and very diligent about ensuring that AA shows up at detox and that the detox residents get a taste of all of the great AA groups Area 82 has to offer. The Marguerite Center:
Everything is going smoothly. NOTE: Darren S will be out of the country from April 19 to April 2
Trudy made a motion to have the Treatment Facility report accepted, Dave D. accepted the motion, all were in favor and the report was accepted.
Workshops Report: Cathy M. reported that the district 2 workshop held at Club 24 on April 12 th was well attended with 26 people in attendance. The topic was AA unity through the 12 Traditions.
Attendee’s formed into small groups and were given different scenarios to discuss and were asked to give a response based on the 12 traditions check list. The workshop was very informative. Mays workshop will be in District 1 on May 9 th at the George Dixon Centre 1-3 pm. The topic will be The P.I.
Committee. June’s workshop has been rescheduled to July 11 th at 1-3 pm and will be held at Club 24, the topic will be the 7 th Tradition & Spirituality. There will be no workshops for August, allowing for a summer break. The Back to Basic group will be hosting a workshop in September, with the topic being
The AA Group. Trudy made a motion to have the Workshops report accepted, Foster accepted the motion, all were in favor and the reports was accepted.
Alt DCM Report: Cathy M. reported that she and Trudy D. attended the Porters Lake group on April 18 th in efforts to suggest the group participate at the district level, either by sending a GSR or a group member to district meetings. The group has agreed to send a representative to the May district GSR meeting. They received contact information from the group’s members. The Porters Lake group are doing well and will be sending money to the district. Trudy made a motion to have the Alt DCM report accepted, Dave accepted the motion, all were in favor and the reports was accepted.
DCM District 2 Report: Trudy reported that it has been a pretty busy month, she was involved with setting up the email accounts for the district 2 Secretary and district 2 Treasurer. Trudy visited a few different groups in the district that she hadn’t attended in the past and met members that she didn’t know previously. She was able to obtain contact phone numbers and email addresses, so that district level AA communications can get delivered to these groups, which haven’t normally sent GSR’s to the district meetings. As mentioned by the Alt DCM, Trudy received a call from the group requesting information on how to make donations to the District and Area, she passed along this information to the district Treasurer to set up. Trudy and Cathy plan to visit the Fall River group this coming Friday night in hopes to meet more members in our district. Trudy indicated that she and the Alt DCM plan to visit a different group each week. Trudy mentioned that she received a letter and a quarterly report from the

area 82 Treasurer and has given copies to all the GSRs to take back to their respective groups. If anyone has any questions, comments or concerns they wish to speak with me about please do not hesitate to call me or email me. My phone number is 902-293-3117 and my email is dcm2.aahalifax@gmail.com
. I have voicemail and will return any missed calls hopefully in the same day! Trudy made a motion to have district 2 DCM reports accepted, Phil B. accepted the motion, all were in favor and the reports was accepted.
DCM District 1 Report: Good Afternoon and welcome all GSR’s, Members and Guest. Well as far as I know the district is running well, keeping up with its business. Taking care of whatever is coming our way. This has been a very busy month. First there was a CSR meeting Tuesday April 7, there I had a guest with me from Poland, Roman who wanted to know how Central Service works here in Canada. Then my friend Roman and I went the Hubbards Group April 9, on Thursday night before he had to go back to
Poland. We all wished him well and said some day we hoped he would be back. Friday April 10, they sent me a package from GSO New York for the DCM’s responsibility too much information, it will take me two years to read it. What ever happened to keep it simple? I am sure Dr. Bob Smith the Co-Founder of AA would not believe this is necessary to do the job. Sunday April 12 th of the workshop at Club 24,
Cathy and her partner did a great job with the traditions. During this month we have had two request for PI and CPC regarding help, one came from a Doctor, Robin Roesien and the other from the John
Howard society. These I sent forward to the right committee to look after. Then we got a request from the area Chair Kirk, requesting us to look after a (place) for the Assembly 2016. Not too sure how to go about this because I have never done this before. I think we need to come up with a committee for this.
Then I received the Area Assembly Minutes which I was asked to print for all the groups in our district.
Well this all for now. Yours in Love and Services. Fred D. Trudy made a motion to have district 1 DCM reports accepted, Foster accepted the motion, all were in favor and the reports was accepted.
Central Service Report: April has been an active month to date. At our last meeting we elected Michael
H from the Atlantic Group as the new Hospital Visitation Chair. Mike is seeking both men and women willing to conduct hospital visits. If you are interested his contact information is on the website. We also elected a co-chair for the Literature Committee; congratulations to Curtis. We need a committee cochair and newsletter co-chair. The Mid-Winter Roundup committee is building for the 2016 roundup.
Planning meetings are moved from the Holiday Inn to Club 24 and their next meeting will be on May 3 rd at 1pm. Throughout April sub-committee chairs are meeting with the committee chair. These meetings allow us to ensure we understand each other’s expectations and create an opportunity to discuss plans for the upcoming months. Personally I find it a good learning opportunity. The Telephone Committee is in dire need of people to work the phones on all shifts. At this point if two or three existing volunteers opt out we would not be able to provide necessary coverage and the phones would go unanswered.
Please consider this worthwhile service. District 2 received a cheque this month from Central Service for
$1,000 to assist their sub-committees with outreach work. Additionally Central Service has voted to spend up to $500 to assist Remote Communities in Goose Bay- Labrador with literature. This purchase will be administered by Murdo M from Area 82 and Evan Mc, our literature chair. Please read our minutes on the website for full details of our meetings. Yours in service, Foster L Chair, Central Service
Committee. Trudy made a motion to have CSR reports accepted, Fred accepted the motion, all were in favor and the reports was accepted.

Old Business:
1. Nominations for open positions – CPC Co-Chair. The Chairperson asked for nominations for CPC Co-
Chair and nominations were offered.
2. Service Weekend Agenda Items – Trudy asked that the GSRs please take a copy of the 2014 Service
Weekend minutes with them to this years’ Service Weekend.
3. Treasurers report posted in the minutes or just opening / closing balances with any activity – It was decided after discussion, that only the opening / closing balances, credits and debits would be posted in the minutes. The Chairperson made a motion to have the Treasurers report sent out with the meeting minutes in an attachment, a vote was taken and all were in favor. The Treasurers report will be added to the district 2 GSR meeting minutes email as an attachment.
New Business:
1. Travel cost to the 2016 Assembly – Someone from district 1 booked their flight which only cost
$374.00 return, so Trudy plans to book a flight soon and wants to know if the district would like for her to add cancellation insurance to the cost of the flight. It was put to a vote and all were in favor of Trudy booking the flight with travel insurance.
2. Services Weekend Agenda review – The Chairperson presented a brief description of the Service
Weekend agenda. Friday night - there will be an archives meeting and a GSR workshop. Saturday - opening remarks, 7 Tradition, sympathy, mission statement, approval of the agenda, DCM reports, past delegate address, 2014 service weekend minutes, break, Treasures report, Alt service delegate report, remote communities report, archivist report, web master report, acceptance of all the reports, break for lunch, Roll Call, business arising from the minutes, update on the East Canadian forum bid, break, new business items, supper. Sunday – Sharing session, AA meeting and followed by the closing of the Service weekend.
3. The next meeting is scheduled for the May long weekend, we have another 2 Sundays in May so we could move the meeting to May 24 th without disrupting the district 1 meeting date – After a brief discussion it was decided that the next District 2 GSR meeting will be held on May 24 th 2015.
4. Finding a location for the 2016 Assembly – It was brought to the floor that District 1 & 2 would be responsible for finding a location for the 2016 Assembly, much discussion was had on this matter, further information will be gathered before any decisions are made in this matter. This item will be carried over for old business at the next meeting.
The meeting was closed at 4:00 pm with the Responsibility Pledge. Next Meeting – May 24 h , 2015